Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Start of ZTuffStuff

For those of you who know me know I like to keep my things in tip top shape and along the way I wind up doing some crazy things. Yes, Sometimes I get hurt and sometimes they work out. So, here is the start of ZTuffStuff, Inc.,
About 5 yrs ago I bought a used Sea Ray. The boat was very dirty and messy as most boats are. The leather/Vinyl inside was dirty. The Vinyl on the outside needed to all be replaced and the boat did not shine. So, for weeks I worked on the boat cleaning it with some success. Using all sorts of cleaners from various boat stores and hardware stores and paying up to $30.00 a gallon for some products. However, after much cleaning effort and TONS of elbow grease I came to the conclusion that the outside vinyl just could not be saved. So, I went to get a quote on how much the cost would be to replace the Vinyl seats, Sun pad and vinyl bench cover on the boat. The cost was outrageous. So, I thought I would have to live with it until I could afford to have it replaced. One of the first trips I took was down to Key West for a weeks vacation. One Day it was very overcast and rainy and all I could look at was this stained sun pad on the bow of the boat. Wanting everything of mine to be in perfect condition, I thought I would go out to the bow and try and clean the Sun Pad with everything cleaner I had on the boat. About 15 minutes into cleaning the Sun Pad, I remembered I had yet another chemical on board and thought I would add that to the mix. Well, within Minutes and with some light scrubbing the dirt and grim started to just run off the pad. I quickly did the whole pad and could not believe what had happened, the sun pad looked brand new. I had tried every chemical separately to clean the sun pad and nothing worked individually. When I combined them the pad came out effortlessly. I was so happy I ran around the boat testing little spots on all of the Vinyl and all of it was coming clean! I was amazed. In Fact, there was another boat owner on the docks whom I did not know was watching me and admiring how clean my sun pad became so clean. He asked me to try it on a spot on his Vinyl and it did the same thing. The problem was that I did not have that much of the mixture of the chemicals and now this gentlemen who I did not know had a big white patch on his boat deck bench. So, I wound up having to have a friend who was driving down from Fort Lauderdale and asking him to stop and pick me up the chemicals. I remember him telling me that why couldn't I just use one chemical so that he did not need to stop at different stores and I had to explain that they all work in unison. Well, he brought the Chemicals to me in the Keys I was able to finish the gentlemens bench on the other boat and the new ZTuffSTuff Cleaner was born.

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